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The Captivating Chemistry of CandlesThis article, which originally appeared in ChemMatters the award winning ACS magazine for high school students, presents some of the complex chemistry at work in simple wax candles.

The Great Hartford Circus FireThis article, which originally appeared in ChemMatters the award winning ACS magazine for high school students, about a tragic fire, made worse by unfortunate choices of building materials.

Applications of Chemistry |

Noncovalent Interactions |

Alkanes / Cycloalkanes

Sherwood RowlandThis article, which originally appeared in ChemMatters the award winning ACS magazine for high school students, profiles Sherwood Rowland.

Houdry process for gasoline productionThe first full-scale commercial catalytic cracker (1937), pioneered by Eugene Jules Houdry (1892-1962), revolutionized the petroleum industry and the production of high octane gasoline.

Applications of Chemistry |

Industrial Chemistry |

Catalysis |

Alkanes / Cycloalkanes

What?s That Stuff?: GasolineThis article on gasoline is part of a collection of articles from Chemical&Engineering News (C&EN) that present the chemistry behind a wide variety of everyday products.